Many of the volunteers were with their families and young children. Even children has young as five years old were carrying small twigs to the nearby piles.

Nearly a week after flood waters crested, the clean-up efforts have begun in New Albany. Sunday afternoon, more than 200 volunteers with gloves and boots, grabbed sticks, branches and any debris they could from the river’s edge near the Riverfront Amphitheater.

Nearly a week after flood waters crested, the clean-up efforts have begun in New Albany. Sunday afternoon, more than 200 volunteers with gloves and boots, grabbed sticks, branches and any debris they could from the river’s edge near the Riverfront Amphitheater.